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The Throne Room at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, considered the oldest throne room in Europe. Crete, 15th century BC

#palace of knossos #historical detail #european history #world history

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Confessional // Sue Zhao

#sue zhao #poetry #inspiration

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Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation

#I've never been what you'd call a BNF #I've achieved some localised notoriety in a couple of fandoms #and even with that experience I can tell you #DON'T DO THIS #don't hang your sense of self-worth on the response you get to your art #the audience is fickle and will move on to the next cool thing #and you will stifle yourself and your creative growth if you try to get popular instead of creating what moves you #writing #art #fanworks #also applies to commercial efforts though

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sunsets after 7pm now !!!!!!!!!!! we made it guys !!!!!!!!!!!!

#oh you can NOT have the sun back before autumn #I absolutely fucking forbid it #I am starved of sunlight and I demand my due #so thank you orbital physics for letting us have our turn #this is a good post

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The real saw trap is reading an incredibly wrong take about your blorbo and seeing that it’s actually very popular

#goddamn alec lightwood #this is not going on the sh side blog because I don't wanna be salty there #but he truly is a poor misunderstood little bastard #emphasis on the bastard #listen you can't woobie up this man if you try #he is built to endure and he will actively resist comfort and consolation #and that is what *makes* him so interesting #but oh no fandom simply must wrap him in cotton wool and pretend he's a fragile wilting flower #it's seven years later and I still have opinions I see #fandom

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Dawn // Twilight

#baldur's gate 3 #shadowheart #fanart #these are gorgeous

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風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind), 1984

天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky), 1986

となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), 1988

千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away), 2001

ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle), 2004

崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), 2008

風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises), 2013

君たちはどう生きるか (The Boy and the Heron), 2023

#studio ghibli #graphics #animated gif

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My one true love //cries

#nirvana in fire #nif #lang ya bang #lin shu #mei changsu #fanart

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a little huafanghua sketch from a while ago

#mysterious lotus casebook #fang duobing #li lianhua #fanart

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lesbian bed death - goth girls are easy

#baldur's gate 3 #lae'zel #shadowheart #karlach #fanart

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Postcards

Le Jardin '21

This laminated post card offers a glimpse across the river. A little more than a decade after the war, the eastern bank is already fully renovated. The hillsides are lush with gardens and residences, someone's parked a small beige airship by the fountain. This postcard will sell for a pretty penny.

Grand Couron '37

This postcard depicts an ill-advised residential area overlooking the Jamrock Quarter. 13-story buildings line the hillside like sarcophagi, an ominous fog already rising from behind. These are the last boom years -- in '39 the project fails catastrophically, leaving behind an opiate and hepatitis B infested slum.

Martinaise '98

A faded picture postcard from the end of the last century shows Martinaise as was before the Revolution. It's the height of summer, Rue de Saint-Ghislaine is teeming with parasol-wielding bourgeoisie and Wild Pines flags buttress the walkway. Nothing is written on the back.

Couron '33

This one has 'HELL' written on its back. It could not be further from the truth. It's the boom years, and Couron, the nicest district in Revachol West, is enjoying a sun drenched day. Tall and handsome buildings rise from the riverside: steel, iron and yellow limestone, with cloud shadows sliding on the facades.

Boogie Street '46

This crumpled up postcard depicts an open air market in Boogie Street ~5 years ago. A vendor smiles as dead roosters line his stalls -- hung by their feet from canopy. Red blood flows onto the muddy street, blurry shadows of people pass

#disco elysium #art #game art #oh the glimpses of the wider world we get in these

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Mysterious Lotus Casebook 莲花楼 | Episode 2

#mysterious lotus casebook #li lianhua #fang duobing #graphics #animated gif

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#medieval #historical detail #resources #for once I can be like 'I knew this but reblogging in case other people don't' #but for real every time I see torches used as indoor lighting in fantasy fic I lose a week of my life #that is INSANELY dangerous and also a bad use of resources #torches burn messily and relatively fast #and also that is a pretty LARGE SMOKING OPEN FLAME in your probably poorly ventilated living quarters #three things you want to avoid

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so of course i made a zine inspired by disco elysium

view on my website

#disco elysium #art #collage

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I realise a lot of girl’s Gay Awakenings was kiera knightly or kristen stewart which is cool phenomena tbh but I’m rlly interested in other Gay Awakenings like for example mine was morena baccarin in firefly and also gemma artenton in st trinians. CALLING ALL GAYS (boys and nb babes included)!! reblog with ur non kiera/k-stew Gay Awakening!!!

#claudia black #as aeryn sun specifically #katee sackhoff #as kara thrace specifically #honourary mention to gina torres #and morena baccarin for that matter #also claudia christian #why is this whole list scifi ladies #what can I say I first got into scifi and bisexuality at roughly the same time

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shout out to fellow writers who don't have a rigid posting schedule on ao3. shout out to the writers who write between boring meetings on their day job. shout out to the writers who wake up a little early to write a few lines for their chapters. shout out to the writers who post every day. shout out to the writers who are learning how to draw to illustrate their own fics. shout out to the writers who didn't update their wip in 6months.

keep going you are loved ❤️❤️❤️

#fanfic #the writing life

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Neah Bay, WA

#photography #nature #the sea #lighthouse fic #inspiration